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noun a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
a small figure representing a nonhuman character, for use as a toy: cartoon character dolls.
Slang . a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman. a girl or woman, especially one who is considered attractive. a boy or man who is considered attractive. (sometimes initial capital letter ) an affectionate or familiar term of address, as to a child or romantic partner (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female). Informal . a generous or helpful person: You're a doll for lending me your car.
Slang . a barbiturate in pill form.
Verb Phrases doll up, Informal . to dress, groom, or style oneself in an elegant or ostentatiously fashionable manner: She got all dolled up for an evening at the opera. to make more attractive, as by decorating or embellishing: The street was dolled up with showy flowers and colorful banners. Origin of doll First recorded in 1550–60; generic use of Doll
OTHER WORDS FROM doll doll·ish, doll-like, adjective doll·ish·ly, adverb doll·ish·ness, noun Words nearby doll Dolin, doline, do-little, dolium, D'Oliviera, doll , dollar, dollar area, dollar-average, dollar averaging, dollar-a-year
Definition for doll (2 of 2) [ dol ] SHOW IPA
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noun a female given name, form of Dorothy.
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Example sentences from the Web for doll When little boys reject doll s, we do not learn about their innate abilities to care for infants.
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To test out a doll he designed to have realistic human proportions, Nickolay Lamm went to a group of second-graders in Pittsburgh.
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The auction house reached out to the Levine estate to procur the doll .
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This video is NSFW for language, as well as that bit with the doll .
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Julia is intelligent, attractive, professionally successful and does not own a doll .
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He had, according to the museum, challenged the doll to do its worst before leaving.
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We have lived next door to each other ever since our doll days.
The Seven Sleuths' Club | Carol Norton
Mrs Leslie was downstairs, he therefore hoped that he might be able to creep in and search for the doll without being discovered.
Norman Vallery | W.H.G. Kingston
I then looked at the doll carefully, and it was certainly something out of the common.
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The heavy man unconsciously shook him in his powerful grasp, as a child might shake a doll .
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
Lily was not heavy like Sue, the doll about which I told you before, the one the lady once thought was her baby in the car.
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British Dictionary definitions for doll noun a small model or dummy of a human being, used as a toy
slang a pretty girl or woman of little intelligence: sometimes used as a term of address
Derived forms of doll dollish , adjective dollishly , adverb dollishness , noun Word Origin for doll C16: probably from Doll, pet name for Dorothy
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